Veracity does not consist in saying, but in the intention of communicating the truth.

Silence does not always mark wisdom.

Show me one couple unhappy merely on account of their limited circumstances, and I will show you ten who are wretched from other causes.

Force yourself to reflect on what you read, paragraph by paragraph.

It [is] very unfair to influence a child's mind by inculcating any opinions before it [has] come to years of discretion to choose for itself.

And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.

Rage is essentially vulgar.